Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit

"Working together to conserve our natural heritage."

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Background and Success
Environmental Poaching
Subsistence Poaching
Commercial Poaching
Education and Employment
Rescue and Rehabilitation
Our Team and Supporters
Newsletter

 

VFAPU Team

The Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of wildlife and its natural habitat.  Situated in a National Park, the town of Victoria Falls is located in one of the most beautiful environments on earth.  However with the beauty of the location comes some heavy burdens of human and animal conflicts.  VFAPU tries to ease some of the burdens by protecting the wildlife and habitat from poachers (subsistence and commercial), as well rescue and rehabilitate animals injured by human interference.  Additionally, we try to find employment for ex-poachers so that they have a sustainable income without doing harm to flora and fauna.  Education is also important, and VFAPU and its partners try to reach children at an early age through school and community awareness programs. 

VFAPU invites you to take a tour through our website to see the work we are doing.  Please feel free to have a look at what poaching is doing to the local habitat under the Environmental Poaching section. Subsistence Poaching shows you how local people are poaching animals and trees for food and firewood.  Commercial Poaching takes a look at poaching on a much larger level with ivory, skins, and meat being sold on a commercial basis to make money. VFAPU works hard to educate the community and find employment for ex-poachers in the Education and Employment section.  We also show you how we try to save the wildlife we do find that has been injured or is sick due to human interference in our Rescue and Rehabilitation section.  Finally please see how you can help save wildlife and the local habitat in our Team and Supporters Section.